Y/n's POV 🍒

By the time I arrived at Roark's house, I knocked on the door, before I heard him come over and unlock it.

Greeted with a smile, he letted me in before closing and locking the door behind me.

"So, what happened at the League?" Roark asked as we sat down at the couch together.

"I defeated Cynthia and became the new champion!" I answered happily.

Roark had a surprised look on his face before he smiled again and pulled me into a tight hug.

"You have my biggest congratulations than the last two times I've said it, y/n!" He says while I blushed a little over the hug.

"Yeah - OH! Here's your hat!" I said as I suddenly remembered before taking it off and giving it to him.

"Thanks!" Roark replied before taking it and setting it down on the coffee table.

"So what are you gonna do now, since you're the new champion?" He asked next.

"Weeell...I decided that I would not only remain the new champion, but the next steel type gym leader in Canalave City." I answered as I giggled a little, dropping him a big hint.

"You mean - " He went.

I nodded.

"Yup! I plan to be the steel type gym leader! But, I also want to work as a miner with you, both at the underground and in Oreburgh City!" I say as I giggled a little.

"At the same time, it's also an excuse for me to see your handsome face and your sexy, strong body without being in public..." I thought to myself at that last part, while I hid a seductive smirk.

Before one of us could say anything, we suddenly heard a knock on the door, before we found out it was only Cynthia.

"Hey, Roark. Is y/n here?" She asked.

"Yeah! What's up?" He replied.

"She dropped and left behind something at the League..." Cynthia says as Roark letted her in the house, before she walked over to me.

"I could've sworn I didn't lose anything...." I thought as I looked at her.

Then Cynthia handed me a folded up piece of paper as she smiled a bit.

"Thanks! Cya later, you two!" She says after turning back and leaving the house, as Roark said "Cya!" and closed the door.

Confused, I unfolded the paper before I immediately realized why Cynthia came here, once I looked at it.

"AAAAHHHH! I can't believe I left this behind!!" I mentally screamed on the inside, while my face turned bright red in embarrassment on the outside.

For a few minutes, my anxiety increased a little, wondering and worried on whenever or not Cynthia was gonna spill the beans to the media in Jubilife City as her way in getting revenge on me, until I noticed something on the back of the paper.

Flipping it over, it turned out to be a small note from her.

"Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me. I was like that too before, so, I understand. ;3b

Not even Roark, or the other trainers will know, until you're ready to tell them... - Cynthia"

Sighing in relief a little, I quickly putted away the paper that had my art doodles on it, just in time before Roark came over and sat back down next to me on the couch.

"What did she give you?" He asked, obviously a little curious.

"Just girl to girl talk. Nothing bad. That's all..." I lied to him which is also the truth at the same time.

In response, he gave me an understanding look and a nod at the same time.

Smiling, I rested my head on his arm as he gave me a head pat.

"Hey, y/n? Thanks for helping me get to the hospital when I didn't look well..." I heard him say.

"You're welcome, Roark. Anything for you to be happy, safe and okay." I replied as I had a small, psychotic smile on my face.

Luckily, Roark didn't notice the smile and the small change of tone in my voice for a few seconds, because when he looked back over at me, I had already hidden it and managed to get rid of the creepy smile, so I wouldn't scare him by accident.

For a few days, we were spending a lot of time together, until Roark mentioned that we should have a night out with not only each other but with the male and female gym leaders here in Sinnoh.

At first, I wasn't really keen on that idea, but I reconsidered, just for him and to only make him happy.

In response, I nodded my head before I hugged his arm lightly.

"Where do you think we should meet up at with the others?" I asked.

"How about Jubilife City?" Roark suggested.

"Alright then...Also, is Cynthia gonna be involved?" I went.

"If she wants to, she can." He replies before chuckling a bit.

"Okay!" I say as I looked at him.

Then, later on that night, we all got together and hung out in Jubilife City.

For a while, everything was going smoothly.

We ate at a café and talked about some things that are currently going on with our lives, while we also talked about the things we like.

As for some of the boys, they were playfully teasing Roark about me and his hobbies, making me and some of the other girls, we know, laugh hard at his reaction.

As we were laughing, something suddenly felt really weird to me again. Just like what happened during my battle against Cynthia's last pokémon, back at the league.

This time, everything sounded distorted for a few seconds, every now and then.

When I looked around, everyone was moving like they were in slow motion, except for Roark.

Nobody wasn't even paying attention to me and him right now....

Yet...I felt really numb.

"What's....going....on???" I could only say to myself as I felt my hands getting a little sweaty, while I was hearing my own heartbeat.

Feeling it pounding hard in my chest.

I clutched my chest a little at that spot, before the pounding started settling down, when I looked up at Roark again, only he and the others were looking at me.

Roark mostly had a concerned look on his face.

"Y/n? Is something wrong?" He asked, his voice a little muffled too, only a bit more louder and clearer.